Up through the 1930s, State Fairs across America featured head on collisions between trains. The first occurred at the Iowa State Fair in 1896 before a crowd of 20,000. This video is from the Minnesota State Fair during the Great Depression, as featured in the poster below: https://t.co/rYfTskldCe pic.twitter.com/Rj5cBf3WUa
— Vince Mpls (@vincempls) March 13, 2026
